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The Journal of Laboratory Physicians – is a half
yearly journal starting from January 2009, which entertains original
communications on all aspects of biomedical research and teaching in
laboratory procedures contributing to the advancement of knowledge in
all sub-specialties of Diagnostic Medicine. The scope of the Journal
allows publication of Original Research papers, Review articles, Recent
and Novel Laboratory Procedures, Case Reports , Case Discussions, and
Letters to the Editor on any aspect of Diagnostic and Laboratory
Medicine including Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Microbiology
(Bacteriology, Mycology, Mycobacteriology, Parasitology and Virology),
Clinical Pathology (including Chemical Pathology, Surgical Pathology,
Cytopathology, Haematology), Immunology/ Serology including HIV/AIDS,
Human and Animal Genetics, Endocrinology and Hormone Assays, Applied
Biotechnology, Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Biology and other related
disciplines. It shall also include topics of interest on Automation in
any branch of Laboratory Medicine
The journal follows British format of English language. Readers are
encouraged to write comments on papers published in the Journal in the
form of “Letter to the Editor”. Case Reports and Case Discussion
containing significant findings with an approach to integrate all the
subspecialties will be given priority. Those who wish to contribute
review articles may write to the Editor expressing their intention
before hand, All papers are subjected to peer review by Editorial Board
and experts in the field before acceptance for publication. All accepted
papers are subject to editorial changes and to meet printing cost a
nominal charge may be asked from authors.
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Submission of Manuscript |
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JLP will entertain only online submissions.
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Online submission of articles |
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Articles must be submitted online from
http://www.journalonweb.com/jlp . New authors will have to register
as author, which is a simple two step procedure. For online submission
articles should be prepared in two files (first page file and article
file). Images and copyright forms should be submitted separately.
The manuscripts should not have been submitted elsewhere simultaneously
and should not have been published (except laboratory methods) earlier
either partly or totally. They may be submitted elsewhere only after
rejection by JLP. It is necessary that all the authors give an
undertaking/copyright (in the format given at the end for hard copy
submission) indicating their consent to be co-authors in the sequence
indicated on the title page. Copyright forms are available online which
should be printed, filled up, signed by all authors and submitted
online. In the event of hard copy submission, the typescripts in
triplicate should be sent to:
The Editor,
Journal of Laboratory Physicians,
Department of Laboratory Medicine,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi-110029, India.
First page file: Prepare the title page, covering letter,
acknowledgement, etc. using a word processor program. All information
which can reveal your identity should be indicated here. Use
text/rtf/doc/pdf files. Do not zip the files.
Article file: The main text of the article, beginning from
Abstract till References (including tables) should be in this file. Do
not include any information (such as acknowledgement, your names in page
headers, etc.) in this file. Use text/rtf/doc/ files. Do not zip the
files. Limit the file size to 400 kb. Do not incorporate images in the
file. If file size is large, graphs can be submitted as images
separately without incorporating them in the article file to reduce the
size of the file.
Images: Submit good quality black and white or colour images.
Each image should be less than 400 kb in size. Size of the image can be
reduced by decreasing the actual height and width of the images (keep up
to 800 pixels or 4 inches). All image formats (jpeg, tiff, gif, bmp,
etc.) are acceptable; jpeg is most suitable. Do not zip the files.
Legends: Legends for the figures/images should be included at the
end of the manuscript text as well as uploaded at the time of online
submission.
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Preparation of Manuscript |
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Authors are advised to consult a recent issue of the
Journal or read the “Guidelines for authors” published in January issue
of the current year or refer to the website , to get familiar with the
format adopted with respect to various elements of a paper. Pages should
be numbered consecutively and the contents arranged in the following
order: Title, Name(s) of the Author(s) with highest academic
qualification of each author, abbreviated (running) title, Department(s)
and Institution(s), Abstract, Key words, Introduction, Materials and
Methods, Results, Discussion, Acknowledgement, References. Abstract,
Tables and Legends for figures should be typed on separate sheets and
not in continuation of the main text. The name and mailing address of
the author to whom requests for reprints or correspondence should be
directed must be indicated.
Original Research Papers and Review Articles
Title
Title of the article should be short and yet sufficiently informative so
as to be useful in indexing and information retrieval.
Abstract
The abstracts should be brief (about 250 words) and structured (for
special and original articles) to contain purpose, methods, results and
conclusions of the paper. It should only highlight the principal
findings and conclusions so that it can be used by abstracting services
without modification. Conclusions and recommendations not found in the
text of the article should not be inserted in the abstract. The abstract
should be unstructured and restricted to 100 words for brief
communications and case reports and 250 words for review articles. No
abstract is required for articles in correspondence category.
Key Words
Up to five key words may be given for review, special, original
articles and case reports. Only three key words are required for case
reports. Key words are helpful for indexing purposes.
Introduction
Introduction should be brief and state precisely the scope of the
paper. Review of the literature should be restricted to reasons for
undertaking the present study and provide only the most essential
background
Materials & Methods
The nomenclature, the source of material and equipment used, with
the manufacturer’s details in parenthesis, should be clearly mentioned,
the procedures adopted should be explicitly stated to enable other
workers to reproduce the results, if necessary. New methods may be
described in sufficient detail and also indicate their limitations.
Established methods can be just mentioned with authentic reference and
significant deviations, if any, given with reasons for adopting them.
When reporting experiments on human subjects, it should be indicated
whether the procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical
standards on human experimentation (as per the guidelines laid down by
the Central Ethical Committee of the Indian Council of Medical
Research). The manuscript must state in the methods section that the
study and data accumulation were carried out with approval from the
appropriate Institutional Review Board (IRB)or institute ethical
committee and that informed consent was obtained from the subjects.
When reporting experiments on animals, procedures adopted for the care
and use of laboratory animals need to be mentioned. Biomedical research
involving animals must conform to generally accepted principles of
animal maintenance and care. The drugs and chemicals used should be
precisely identified, including generic name(s), dosage(s) and route(s)
of administration.
The statistical analysis done and statistical significance of the
findings when appropriate should be mentioned. Unless absolutely
necessary for a clear understanding of the article, detailed description
of statistical treatment may be avoided. Articles based heavily on
statistical considerations, however, need to give details particularly
when new or uncommon methods are employed, others need to give only
authentic references.
Results
Only such data that are essential for understanding the discussion
and main conclusions emerging from the study should be included. The
data should be arranged in unified and coherent sequence so that the
report develops clearly and logically. Data presented in tables and
figures should not be repeated in the text. Only important observations
need to be emphasized or summarised. The same data should not be
presented both in tabular and graphic forms. Interpretation of the data
should be taken up only under the Discussion and not under Results.
Discussion
Long, rambling and involved discussions should be scrupulously
avoided. The discussion should deal with the interpretation of results
without repeating what already was presented under Results. It should
relate new finding to the known ones and include logical deductions. The
conclusions can be linked with the goals of the study but unqualified
statements and conclusions not completely supported by the data should
be avoided. Claiming of priority on work that is ongoing should also be
avoided. A hypothesis should, if warranted, clearly be labelled as such;
recommendations may be included as part of the Discussion, only when
considered absolutely necessary and relevant
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Case Discussion |
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This section is for encouraging the discussion and comments from experts
in the field after a well worked up case is published in the journal.
Recommended for description of uncommon laboratory findings and the
interpretation of these findings to accomplish the rare or unusual case
diagnosis. It should be divided into introduction, case history,
laboratory investigations and discussion with not more than 10
references. Illustrations and tables, when included, should be limited
to one each. Case reports with good documentation of all laboratory
findings are preferred. Should have an unstructured abstract limited to
100 words and key words limited to 5 words.
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Case reports |
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Recommended for brief observations pertaining to one or two
subspecialties that do not warrant a full length case discussion. It may
be divided into sections just like case discussion. It must not exceed
750 words. References must be as few as possible and not more than 10.
Illustrations and tables, when included, should be limited to one each.
It should have an abstract (unstructured) limited to 100 words and key
words limited to 5 words.
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Letter to the Editor |
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Addressed
to the editor, it can be related to previously published articles or for
presentation of preliminary, or novel results. It should be limited in
length to 300 words and should be continuous without headings. It may
include 2-3 paragraphs, not more than 5 references and one table or
figure.
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Book reviews |
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Authors of books seeking review may submit two copies of the book to the
editor. The editor invites experts in the field to submit a review of
the book. Alternatively, a review may be submitted voluntarily to the
editor along with a copy of the book.
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Acknowledgement |
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Acknowledgement should be brief and made for funding
agencies or specific scientific assistance and not for providing routine
departmental and institutional facilities. The Journal does not print
acknowledgements for those who reviewed, discussed, edited, or typed a
manuscript, or gave “technical,” “helpful,” “crucial,” or “moral”
support or similar collegial aid to the authors. The Journal also does
not publish acknowledgements of individuals who, by virtue of doing
their job, contributed to the implementation of the study, e.g.
secretaries, clinic coordinators, technicians, photographers, or
technologists. At the request of the author, the Journal will
acknowledge those who referred patients, translated references, provided
extensive statistical assistance, or provided essential tissue,
equipment, or other materials without which the study could not have
been completed. Conflict of interest if any should also be mentioned, if
none then mention must be made to that effect.
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References |
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References will not be checked in the Editorial
Office. Responsibility for their accuracy and completeness lies with the
author.
The total number of references should normally be restricted to a
maximum of 20 for an original research article, 10 for a case discussion
or case report, 13 for a brief communication and 5 for correspondence.
For review articles the number of references may be restricted to 50.
References to literature cited in the text should be numbered
consecutively and placed at the end of the manuscript. In the text they
should be indicated above the line (bracketed [ ] superscript). As far
as possible, mentioning names of author(s) under references should be
avoided in the text. Authors are required to list only references that
they have read and that are pertinent to the manuscript. They should
avoid quoting references in languages other than English. The commonly
cited types of references are shown here, for other types of references
such as electronic media, newspaper items, etc. please refer
http://www.icmje.org .
Journals: The titles of the journals should be abbreviated and
italicized according to the style used by the Index Medicus. The January
issue of the Index Medicus may be consulted. In citing reference to
research papers, names and initials of maximum of six authors followed
by et al, followed by :title of the article, journal, year, volume
number and first page and last page of the article.
e.g. Singh S, Gopinath K, Sankar MM, Dhanvijay AG, Saoji AM. Extensively
Drug resistant Tuberculosis. Indian J Med Microbiol 2008;14:145-9 .
In press articles may be included in the text in circular brackets and
not listed in the references. The name and initials of the first author
and the journal (italics) should be given followed by the words -in
press.
e.g. (Parikh M et al. Rapid diagnosis of tubercular menigitis. AIDS;
2007 - in press).
Books: When the book has only authors and no editor(s).
- Parija SC. A text book of Medical Parasitology: 1st ed. (All India
Publishers and Distributors, Madras) 1996:30-34.
- Hamerton JL. Human cytogenetics. (New York Academic Press) 1971, Vol.
II:12-18. When the reference is to author(s) who has contributed a
chapter in a book edited by some one else. Miller JM, O’hara CM.
Substrate utilization systems for the identification of bacteria and
yeasts, Chapter 10. In: Manual of clinical Microbiology, 6th ed. Murray
PR, Baron ES, Pfaller MA, Tenover FC, Yolken RH, Eds. (ASM Press,
Washington DC) 1995:103.
- Baron EJ, Finegold SM. (Eds) Spirochetes and other spiral shaped
organisms, Chapter 31. In: Bailey and Scott’s Diagnostic Microbiology,
8th ed. (The CV Mosby Company, St. Louis) 1990:445.
Online Journals
Friedman SA. Preeclampsia: A review of the role of prostaglandins.
Obstet Gynecol (serial online). January 1998; 71:22-37. Available from
BRS Information Technologies, McLean. VA. Accessed on December 15, 2007.
World Wide Web
Gostin LO. Drug use and HIV/AIDS (WHO Website). June 1, 2006. Available
at: http://www.who.int. Accessed on June 26, 1997.
All references given must be original and complete. Reference “cited
by” and “quoted by” from other publications should not be included.
Download a PowerPoint presentation on common reference styles and using the reference checking facility on the manuscript submission site.
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Tables |
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Table should be typed separately and numbered consecutively with Arabic
numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). They should bear brief title. Column headings
should be short and they should have only horizontal lines. Units of
measurement should be abbreviated and placed below the headings.
Statistical measurement variations such as SD and SE should be numbered
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Illustrations |
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For hard copy submissions, three sets of illustrations (one set original
and 2 copies) should be submitted,. numbered consecutively in Arabic
numerals. Line drawings should be made on good quality tracing paper or
Bristol board. Letters, numbers and symbols should be clear in the
figures and of sufficient size, so that when reduced, they can be
accommodated in single column (8.5 cm) or double (17.0 x 21.0 cm) column
sizes. Photomicrographs should have internal scale markers regarding
details of magnification to facilitate reduction in size. Symbols,
arrows and letter used in the photomicrographs should contrast with the
background. Only high quality figures/images (at least 800 pixels) are
acceptable.
All published material should be acknowledged and copyright material
should be submitted along with the written permission of copyright
holder.
Colour illustrations will be accepted only at the author’s expense.
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Page Charges, Proof and Reprints |
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There are publication charges, except if the article is too lengthy or
colour printing is desired.
Reprints order must be sent to the Editorial Office along with the
corrected proofs, if not sent earlier, within 48 hours. Twenty Reprints
of published articles (except correspondence and book reviews) will be
available at Rs.1000/ - (Rupees one thousand only) to the corresponding
author. For colour photographs page charges will depend on the number of
photographs and will be decided by the publisher.
Corresponding authors of accepted articles are supplied printer’s galley
proof and reprints order/charges for colour printing. Corrections on the
proof should be restricted to printer’s errors only and no substantial
additions/deletions should be made. No change in the names of the
authors (by way of additions and deletions) is permissible at the proof
stage.
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Undertaking |
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We, the undersigned, give an undertaking to the following effect with
regard to our article entitled “_______________________” submitted for
publication in the Journal of Laboratory Physicians.
- The article
mentioned above has not been published or submitted to or accepted for
publication in any form, in any other journal.
- We also vouchsafe that the authorship of this article will not be
contested by anyone whose name(s) is/are not listed by us here.
- We also agree to the authorship of this article in the following
sequence.
Authors
Names (in sequence) Signature of Authors with date
1. ___________________ ___________________
2. ___________________ ___________________
3. ___________________ ___________________
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Important |
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- All the authors are required to sign independently in
this form in the sequence given
- Each author should have generated at least part of the intellectual
content of the paper.
- Each author should be able to defend publicly in the scientific
community, that intellectual content of the paper for which he/she can
take responsibility.
- No addition/deletion or any change in the sequence of the authorship
will be permissible at a later stage, without valid reasons/permission
of the Editor.
- If the authorship is contested at any stage, the article will not be
processed for publication till the issue is resolved.
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